Our boisterous boys

This was taken the evening we got back from our Punakaiki trip. Needless to say Rhys had bit of energy to use up.

Moving

Most of those who look up this blog will have had the email about our move. It's been nearly 4 weeks since we moved and we still can't quite believe we own such a house. We love it! As most people know moving is a mission. It's an even bigger mission with two small boys added in. Thankfully for us we only had to have two open homes - the second only because it had been advertised but in fact we had already accepted an offer after the first. I don't know how people manage their mental health having a house on the market for weeks or even months at a time. Then of course once the offer is all signed the waiting begins. Again we were lucky and had a short settlement date. I think from the time we decided to put an offer on this house to the time we moved in was only 5 weeks. So here's a few pictures of our new place...





Even as I sit here in the cold I love our house. It's big and there is a space for everything. These big, old houses are cold. We have a pellet fire in the small lounge but it's our only heating at the moment. We are contemplating adding a heatpump to the upstairs but haven't decided if we will do that this winter our tough it out and do it next. We will see.





The cat, Tolly, has been more at home here than she was in the other house. We think it's probably because there are more places to hide from small boys! She has certainly been finding all sorts of places to fit into...

We have already painted the dining and kitchen rooms and will eventually do the small lounge the same colours. The whole living space was apricot-ceiling and walls. Not to our taste at all and it had to go! Thankfully we had two weeks school holidays a week after we moved in to get that done and some other bits and pieces. Nick calls this place 'rumpty' which we describe as a bit old and very strong and also in need of some cosmetic work. The carpet is different in each room and very stained but it's not an essential thing to replace just now. I have been getting rid of some pretty old grimw around the place. The original wooden bench in the kitchen and some of the drawers and also the handrail on the stairs was in need of some elbow grease - it's a good way to keep warm doing all those chores!